{"id":9760,"date":"2025-01-09T03:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2025-01-09T03:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:48:21","slug":"breaking-blackhawks-3-avalanche-1-three-stars-key-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9760","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Blackhawks 3, Avalanche 1 \u2014 Three Stars, Key Takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You know how we\u2019ve heard Anders Sorensen talk a lot recently about icing the puck and better puck management? Yeah, this wasn\u2019t the start he probably wanted. Albeit Colorado is a wagon and they\u2019re hot right now, it was actually fairly impressive that it took more than six minutes for the Avs to score the game\u2019s first goal. The best look the Blackhawks had at that point was from Frank Nazar<\/strong>. But Connor Bedard<\/strong>\u2018s line put pretty good pressure on the Avs. Bedard was able to force a turnover that found Ilya Mikheyev<\/strong> and he tied the game at one.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the second period, I have no clue how the Blackhawks kept a puck out of the net when it appeared they had one. But moments later the Hawks took a 2-1 lead as Colton Dach<\/strong>\u2018s hard shot rebounded perfectly to Nazar, who scored his first goal of the season. Dach picked up his first NHL point with the assist. It looked like Bedard gave the Hawks a 3-1 lead but the video people said he kicked it in so it was taken off the board after review.<\/p>\n

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On a huge penalty kill early in the third period \u2014 with Mikheyev in the box \u2014 Nazar came off the bench, immediately got a takeaway and set up Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen<\/strong> for a point blank, one on the goalie shot that hit the crossbar. The roof was *this close* to coming off the United Center at that point. The volume went way up when Bedard scored his 11th of the season at 11:54 into the third to extend the Blackhawks\u2019 lead to two. After Bedard\u2019s goal, the Blackhawks\u2026 rolled lines, attacked the puck and controlled the action.<\/p>\n

These are the games that give you hope for the future, folks.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Star 1: Frank Nazar<\/h2>\n

Nazar had himself a first period. He won three of four faceoffs, put one shot on net and was credited with the only hit by a Blackhawks\u2019 forward in the opening 20 minutes. By the end of two periods, Nazar was the only Blackhawks forward with more than one shot on net (two), he had won 5 of 6 faceoffs and scored his first goal of the season. Nazar was electric in all zones and phases. His steal on the PK could (should) have provided a huge insurance goal.<\/p>\n

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#Blackhawks<\/a> take a 2-1 lead<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 Frank Nazar
\n\ud83c\udf4e Colton Dach, Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen<\/p>\n

Dach\u2019s first career NHL point
\nNazar\u2019s first goal of the season<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n